positive psychology哈佛幸福课英文字幕

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1、PositivePsychology–Lecture1TalBen-ShaharHiGoodmorning.It'swonderfultobebackhere.Wonderfultoseeyouhere.I'mteachingthisclassbecauseIwishaclasslikethishadbeentaughtwhenIwassittinginyourseatasanundergradhere.Thisdoesnotmeanitisaclassyouwishtobetaught,nordoesitmeanthatitis

2、therightclassforyou.ButIhopetodoingthenextcoupleoflecturesisgivingyouanideawhatthisclassisaboutsothatyoucandecidewhetherornotitisforyou.Icameherein1992AndthenIhadaminiepiphanyhalfwaythroughmysophomoreyear.IrealizedthatIwasinawonderfulplacewithwonderfulstudentsaroundme

3、,wonderfulteachers.Iwasdoingwellacademically.Iwasdoingwellinathletics.Iwasplayingsquashatthattime.Iwasdoingwellsocially.Everythingwasgoingwell.Exceptforthefact.ThatIwasunhappy.AndIdidn'tunderstandwhy.Itwastheninamatterofmoments,thatIdecidedthatIhadtofindoutwhyandbecom

4、ehappier.AndthatwaswhenIswitchedmyconcentrationfromcomputersciencetophilosophyandpsychologywithasinglequestion:howcanIbecomehappier?OvertimeIdidbecomehappier.WhatcontributedmosttomyhappinesswaswhenIencounteredanewemergingfieldButessentiallyresearchthatfallsunderorwith

5、inthefieldofpositivepsychology.Positivepsychology,studyingit,applyingtheideastomylifehasmademesignificantlyhappier.Itcontinuestomakemehappier.AnditwaswhenIrealizedtheimpactthatithadonmethatIdecidedtoshareitwithothers.That'swhenIdecidedthatIwantedtobeateacherandteachin

6、thisfield.Sothisispositivepsychology,psychology1504.Andwe'llbeexploringthisnew,relativelynewandfascinatingfield.Andhopefully,wewillbeexploringmorethanthefieldourselves.WhenIfirsttaughtthisclassthatwasbackin2002,Itaughtitataseminarandhadeightstudents.Twodroppedout.That

7、leftmewithsix.Theyearafter,theclassbecameslightlylarger.Ihadoverthreehundredstudents.AndthenthirdyearwhenItaughtitwhichwasthelasttime,Ihad850studentsintheclass,makingitatthatpointthelargestcourseatHarvard.Andthat'swhenthemediabecameinterested.Becausetheywantedtounders

8、tandwhy.Theywantedtounderstandthisphenomenonthat"hereyouhaveaclass,that'slargerthanIntroductiontoEconomics".Howcouldthatbe?S